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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1255831, member: 6229"]<font size="4"><font face="arial">You probably know that during the years of 1910-1914 the United States of Mexico issued its famous <b><i>Caballito</i></b> or Horse Pesos. In case you don't here's a photo of one courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery:</font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font face="arial"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font face="arial"></font></font><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc2/121-453&desc=Mexicokm4531Peso(1910-1914)Caballito&query=Mexico" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc2/121-453&desc=Mexicokm4531Peso(1910-1914)Caballito&query=Mexico" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc2/121-453&desc=Mexicokm4531Peso(1910-1914)Caballito&query=Mexico</span></font></span></font></u></a></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">You, also, know many ancient coins featured horses on them as evidenced by this silver Tetradrachm struck at the Syracuse Mint in the City State of Sicily circa 485-466 BC (photo courtesy of Coin Archives):</font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"></font><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=427382&AucID=775&Lot=29&Val=9c7f56da5c50d82f6b2db7db1dcdf1b5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=427382&AucID=775&Lot=29&Val=9c7f56da5c50d82f6b2db7db1dcdf1b5" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=427382&AucID=775&Lot=29&Val=9c7f56da5c50d82f6b2db7db1dcdf1b5</span></font></span></font></u></a></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">Even some ancient gold coins featured a charioteer driving a biga pulled by two horses or more on either side of the coin. Here's a gold Stater minted by the Pella mint in the name and types of Philip II circa 317/6-315/4 BC (Coin Archives photo):</font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"></font><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=427446&AucID=775&Lot=93&Val=9976ce93d6d264c50f31c28df571dd5f" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=427446&AucID=775&Lot=93&Val=9976ce93d6d264c50f31c28df571dd5f" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=427446&AucID=775&Lot=93&Val=9976ce93d6d264c50f31c28df571dd5f</span></font></span></font></u></a></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">England's monarch Charles I, a Stuart, is featured astride his horse on this silver Half Pound struck at the Oxford Mint in 1642 (photo courtesy of Coin Archives):</font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"></font><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1029744&AucID=947&Lot=2049&Val=58fbc401901085be4d508de3a70aab91" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1029744&AucID=947&Lot=2049&Val=58fbc401901085be4d508de3a70aab91" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1029744&AucID=947&Lot=2049&Val=58fbc401901085be4d508de3a70aab91</span></font></span></font></u></a></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">And you know throughout modern coinage many countries issued coins celebrating the Chinese zodiacs as evidenced by this Chinese 1990 100 Yuan proof "Year of the Horse" coin (Coin Archives photo):</font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"></font><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1039237&AucID=956&Lot=90205&Val=0f171c406133bd26056d91ed435f344d" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1039237&AucID=956&Lot=90205&Val=0f171c406133bd26056d91ed435f344d" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1039237&AucID=956&Lot=90205&Val=0f171c406133bd26056d91ed435f344d</span></font></span></font></u></a></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">Many, many nations produced coins bearing a horse or horses on one of their sides, including some of the United States of America's commemorative coinage, but do you know one country produced a coin called Horse besides the Caballito Pesos of Mexico?</font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font><font size="4"></font></p><p><font size="4">That nation is Italy. The denomination, struck in silver between 1508-1512, is the <b><i>Cavallato</i></b> (Horse). Photo courtesy of Coin Archives:</font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"></font><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1029583&AucID=947&Lot=1888&Val=2879cfa0285632783139e05cd9ad8d26" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1029583&AucID=947&Lot=1888&Val=2879cfa0285632783139e05cd9ad8d26" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1029583&AucID=947&Lot=1888&Val=2879cfa0285632783139e05cd9ad8d26</span></font></span></font></u></a></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">Thought you should know...</font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">Clinker</font></p><p><font size="4"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1255831, member: 6229"][SIZE=4][FONT=arial]You probably know that during the years of 1910-1914 the United States of Mexico issued its famous [B][I]Caballito[/I][/B] or Horse Pesos. In case you don't here's a photo of one courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery: [/FONT][/SIZE][URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc2/121-453&desc=Mexicokm4531Peso(1910-1914)Caballito&query=Mexico"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc2/121-453&desc=Mexicokm4531Peso(1910-1914)Caballito&query=Mexico[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/URL] [SIZE=4] You, also, know many ancient coins featured horses on them as evidenced by this silver Tetradrachm struck at the Syracuse Mint in the City State of Sicily circa 485-466 BC (photo courtesy of Coin Archives): [/SIZE][URL="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=427382&AucID=775&Lot=29&Val=9c7f56da5c50d82f6b2db7db1dcdf1b5"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=427382&AucID=775&Lot=29&Val=9c7f56da5c50d82f6b2db7db1dcdf1b5[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/URL] [SIZE=4] Even some ancient gold coins featured a charioteer driving a biga pulled by two horses or more on either side of the coin. Here's a gold Stater minted by the Pella mint in the name and types of Philip II circa 317/6-315/4 BC (Coin Archives photo): [/SIZE][URL="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=427446&AucID=775&Lot=93&Val=9976ce93d6d264c50f31c28df571dd5f"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=427446&AucID=775&Lot=93&Val=9976ce93d6d264c50f31c28df571dd5f[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/URL] [SIZE=4] England's monarch Charles I, a Stuart, is featured astride his horse on this silver Half Pound struck at the Oxford Mint in 1642 (photo courtesy of Coin Archives): [/SIZE][URL="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1029744&AucID=947&Lot=2049&Val=58fbc401901085be4d508de3a70aab91"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1029744&AucID=947&Lot=2049&Val=58fbc401901085be4d508de3a70aab91[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/URL] [SIZE=4] And you know throughout modern coinage many countries issued coins celebrating the Chinese zodiacs as evidenced by this Chinese 1990 100 Yuan proof "Year of the Horse" coin (Coin Archives photo): [/SIZE][URL="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1039237&AucID=956&Lot=90205&Val=0f171c406133bd26056d91ed435f344d"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1039237&AucID=956&Lot=90205&Val=0f171c406133bd26056d91ed435f344d[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/URL] [SIZE=4] Many, many nations produced coins bearing a horse or horses on one of their sides, including some of the United States of America's commemorative coinage, but do you know one country produced a coin called Horse besides the Caballito Pesos of Mexico? [/SIZE][SIZE=4] That nation is Italy. The denomination, struck in silver between 1508-1512, is the [B][I]Cavallato[/I][/B] (Horse). Photo courtesy of Coin Archives: [/SIZE][URL="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1029583&AucID=947&Lot=1888&Val=2879cfa0285632783139e05cd9ad8d26"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1029583&AucID=947&Lot=1888&Val=2879cfa0285632783139e05cd9ad8d26[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/URL] [SIZE=4] Thought you should know... Clinker [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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